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No graves as yet: a novel of World War I (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2003
England; June, 1914. Reverend Joseph Reavley, a professor at Cambridge, and his brother Matthew, an intelligence officer, investigate their parents'…
suspicious deaths. Their father, a former politician, had alerted them that he possessed a secret document--now missing. Meanwhile, a pacifist student at the university is murdered amidst rumors of war. 2003Comme un rêve éveillé
Par Jayne Ann Krentz. 2006
Isabel Wright est sous le choc : son patron, le très excentrique Dr Beaucourt, vient de mourir dans des circonstances…
mystérieuses. L'a-t-on assassiné ? Qui pouvait lui en vouloir ? Sa mort a-t-elle un lien avec ses travaux sur les rêves lucides ? Bien décidée à parachever l'oeuvre de son mentor, Isabel propose ses services à Ellis Cutter, un séduisant chercheur, qui n'hésite pas une seconde à l'engager. Pour ses compétences, bien entendu, mais aussi parce que depuis quelque temps il rêve constamment d'elle... Pourtant, certaines personnes ne voient pas cette association d'un très bon oeil. Isabel et Ellis vont devoir unir leurs forces s'ils veulent garder la vie sauve... -- 4e de couvHell at the breech: A Novel
Par Tom Franklin. 2003
Alabama, 1890s. Fifteen-year-old Mack Burke keeps it a secret when he accidently shoots storekeeper and aspiring politician Arch Bedsole. The…
unsolved murder spurs Bedsole's cousin with his vigilantes to seek their own justice--targeting innocent and guilty alike in a year of terror. Violence, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2003The cat who wasn't a dog
Par Marian Babson. 2003
Aging British actresses Trixie Dolan and Evangeline Sinclair accompany Dame Cecile Savoy to the taxidermist to have her beloved dead…
Pekinese stuffed. They discover the owner murdered and rescue a rare cat. Meanwhile, the housekeeper where they are staying as guests disappears, their hostess's antagonistic stepmother arrives, and Trixie's daughter panics writing a cookbook. 2003Ragtime in Simla
Par Barbara Cleverly. 2002
Himalayas, 1922. British detective Joe Sandilands from The Last Kashmiri Rose (BR 14693) is en route to Simla when his…
traveling companion is shot exactly where a year-earlier murder occurred. He investigates local residents, including several conniving English businesswomen--one the sister of the previous victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2002Snobbery with violence
Par Marion Chesney. 2003
Captain Harry Cathcart, impoverished youngest son of a baron and fresh from the Boer War, becomes a private investigator for…
the wealthy. After a murder at a weekend house party Harry receives assistance from Lady Rose Summer, whom he has previously saved from seduction. Some strong language. 2003The cemetery yew
Par Cynthia Riggs. 2003
Elderly Victoria Trumbull of Martha's Vineyard becomes involved in a case of empty graves and missing coffins as well as…
a mysterious boarder with secrets to hide. Events lead to murder and smuggling. Some violence and some strong language. 2003Mr. Paradise: a novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2004
Model Kelly has accompanied roommate Chloe on her job as escort to elderly Mr. Paradiso when two gunmen kill Chloe…
and her client. Wanting Paradiso's fortune, the crooks coerce Kelly into impersonating Chloe. While a Detroit investigating detective falls for "Chloe," she tries to dodge the murderers. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 20043rd degree
Par James Patterson. 2004
The Women's Murder Club, last seen in 2nd Chance (RC 54159, BR 14209), reconvenes to stop domestic terrorist attacks in…
San Francisco. Detective Lindsay Boxer, lawyer Jill Bernhardt, physician Claire Washburn, and reporter Cindy Thomas assist Joe Molinari of Homeland Security, who falls for Lindsay. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2004The queene's Christmas
Par Karen Harper. 2003
London, England; 1564. Even as she feuds with her cousin Mary Stuart of Scotland, thirty-one-year-old Queen Elizabeth plans an old-fashioned…
Yuletide celebration. But when one of the kitchen help is murdered, court herb mistress Meg Milligrew and trusted companions join Elizabeth in hunting for the killer before he strikes again. 2003Dreams of rescue: a novel
Par Laura Cunningham. 2003
After being attacked by her husband, actress Juliana Smythe escapes to her isolated mountain home--built for an heiress's 1899 wedding--and…
prepares to sue him. While Juliana relives her marital horrors, she is terrorized by a stalker and survives only by unraveling the mystery of the Victorian bride's death. Some violence. 2003L'appât invisible: roman (Suspense & Cie)
Par Carol O'Connell. 2000
The White Russian: a novel
Par Tom Bradby. 2003
St. Petersburg, 1917. On the brink of the Bolshevik Revolution chief investigator Sandro Ruzsky copes with a double murder. The…
dead woman is discovered to have ties to the royal family, while the dead man is American. Ruzsky uncovers treachery amid political and social unrest. Some violence and some strong language. 2003"C" is for corpse: a Kinsey Millhone mystery
Par Sue Grafton. 1986
Private eye Kinsey Millhone meets wealthy twenty-three-year-old Bobby Callahan at the gym. When she learns that his disfigured face and…
body result from a mysterious car crash, Kinsey takes on the case, but not in time to avert another accident. Some strong language. 1986"H" is for homicide
Par Sue Grafton. 1991
Kinsey Millhone learns that claims adjuster Parnell Perkins, a California Fidelity coworker, has been murdered and she's assigned one of…
his cases: a possibly bogus insurance claim made by Bibianna Diaz. Millhone's investigation lands both Diaz and herself in jail. Some strong language. 1991The frumious Bandersnatch: a novel of the 87th Precinct
Par Ed McBain. 2004
Two masked men snatch twenty-year-old hip-hop diva Tamar from a party on a yacht in New York City's harbor. Detectives…
Steve Carella and Cotton Hawes, of the 87th precinct, assist the FBI in the search for the kidnappers. Violence and strong language. 2004Something's down there: a novel
Par Mickey Spillane. 2003
Former government agent Mako Hooker, spending his retirement fishing, is recalled to action when a sea creature nicknamed the "eater"…
attacks boats and old war mines resurface. A film company headed by a former mobster arrives to film the investigation. Some strong language. 2003Mémoire morte (Rivages thriller)
Par Donald E Westlake. 2012
" Paul Edwin Cole se réveille de plusieurs jours de coma et ne se souvient que dune chose : un…
homme se jette sur lui pour lui fracasser le crâne avec une chaise. Acteur en tournée dans une ville de lAmérique profonde, Cole a commis lerreur fatale de sintéresser à une femme mariée. Envoyé à lhôpital par le mari jaloux, la facture à payer le laisse sans le sou et sa mémoire lui joue des tours. La police locale se charge de lui faire comprendre quil ferait mieux de regagner New York, où il réside, le plus tôt possible ; mais comment faire quand on na pas de famille sur qui compter, pas dargent et, surtout, en lieu et place de souvenirs, un grand vide ? Écrit dans les années soixante et resté inédit à ce jour, Mémoire morte, fascinant roman à la fois noir et existentiel, raconte lodyssée bouleversante et désespérée dun homme à la recherche de son passé et dont le présent ne cesse de se dérober. Ou quand lenquêteur devient le sujet de son enquête. " -- 4e de couvLa conspiration Trevayne (Best-sellers)
Par Robert Ludlum. 1997
Une intrigue dans les coulisses du pouvoir politique où règnent corruption et machinations mafieuses. Le personnage central, Trevayne, homme d'affaires…
influent mais incorruptible s'y trouve propulsé dans le cadre d'une enquête pour le Sénat. "Dès lors, il devient l'homme à abattre... ou à acheter." [SDMConjuration Casanova
Par Éric Giacometti. 2006
2006, Sicile. Dix adeptes d'une secte pratiquant la Magia Erotica sont brûlés sur un bûcher. Seule Anaïs échappe à l'enfer.…
Paris. Un ministre franc-maçon sombre dans la démence à la mort de sa maîtresse. Un manuscrit sulfureux de Casanova, initié de haut grade, refait surface. Anaïs et le commissaire Antoine Marcas, également frère, vont plonger dans les arcanes du mal. L'un est franc-maçon, l'autre non. Après le succès du Rituel de l'Ombre, Jacques Ravenne et Eric Giacometti nous entraînent dans un thriller où ésotérisme et érotisme cisèlent une manipulation sans précédent. -- 4e de couv